Marine Designs
We have boat plans (both yacht designs, catamaran designs and power designs) for all sizes. From the 12ft Mushulu Dinghy stitch & glue yacht tender to the Oceansky 57 catamaran. We design timber boats, plywood boats, strip plank boats, fibreglass composite boats, steel and aluminum boats to very modern styling for both monohull designs or multihull designs, powerboat or sailboat and in round bilge, multi-chine or radius chine hull forms.
The Jeff Lords Brief:
"Having been around boats of one sort or another nearly all my life, having built 2 and modified another, I currently own an aluminium
RANGER 3300 punt , which I am sorry I ever bought. I was after a lightweight plywood/composite boat, but after months of searching, I could not find what I wanted that would suit my needs.
What I was looking for was "V" nose tunnel hull punt, (a composite/ plywood design), with large "V" chines to provide extra stability when fishing and also for the boat to sit level when beached. I had been toying with the idea of building a V Nose punt of my own design, but how do you know if the design will work, let alone can it be built?
It also had to be lightweight for its size, with a high freeboard, quick and easy in it's construction and easily handled by 2 people. Is this possible? When I saw Marks web site and spoke to him, I asked him "Could he design the boat for me?". Well, I love what they've done! The interest shown in the design is great and it shows that Mark can turn a ham fisted amatuer designers sketch into a beautiful and sea worthy boat.
We think it looks excellent."
Regards
Jeff Lord
The intial hand drawn sketch, that Jeff drew, of the Mangrove Jack
Hi all,
Well I managed to get another morning out in the Boat; the treasurer is still not able to go out, as her back injury is more serious than first thought.
I went out with an old work mate, Launched on the North Pine River at Deep water Bend, and proceeded to the Hornibrook hwy, chasing the FISH.
We tested the boat further and achieved 26-28 KPH at full throttle, with similar weight as on the first outing. This time I was not fighting wind & tide, so the boat is giving the speed calculated` by MARK
Well to cut to the chase, the boat handled very well , not 1 drop of salt water came over the side from slop or spray, and I was not being kind to the boat and pushed all the time, the only back off was for moored boats or when crossing the wakes from passing boats.
All in all very impressed the boat handles very well and does everything I have asked of it.
Regards,
Jeff
